2012 already looks like it will be a bumper year of Terror. Guest reviewer Pual Farrell gives the low-down on some recent highlights.
GAMES
Grim Fandango 2: Grimmer Fandango (Available on iPad 2, PS3, XBox 360, Zandy Megamilk and Dragon 32)
This sequel follows on from where the popular adventure game finished. After his best friend is killed and girlfriend kidnapped, what’s a Manny to do? Grab his scythe and kick pelvis bone, that’s what! Jettisoning the point and click mechanics of the original this new game is third-person action all the way.
The new game forgoes the cartoony look of it’s predecessor for a bleaker look, indeed at some points the blackness literally leaks out of the screen and up the curtains. The scene where Glottis dies, accompanied by an instrumental version of Johnny Cash’s Hurt is particularly moving. In addition to the single player game a number of multi-player modes are available including Capture The Soul, Stomp The Skull, Highway Reaper and the hilariously named, Team DEATHmatch.
TELEVISION
Threads
Stephen Moffat has rebooted the classic 1980s series for the 21st century, replacing the nuclear holocaust with a terrorist attack brought about by an environmental catastrophe that causes an economic meltdown in this action-packed re-imagining. After the partner of hard-boiled cop Jimmy Kemp (Phil Glenister) is killed in the attack he is assigned a robot as his new partner. can they set aside their differences to solve the case before the bombs drop? Gillian Anderson plays Ruth, the woman they both fall in love with.
Some other reviewers may have panned this as being confusing and pointless but they are just idiots. This is cracking stuff. The battle between the robot and the mutants in episodes 3, 4, 6 and 7 is jaw dropping.
MUSIC
Godspeed You Black Emperor – F#A#∞ (Dubstep remix)
If, like me, you found the 1997 original too dark and terrifying then you’ll love these floor-filling remixes by acclaimed producer Vrokex. Coming to a Friday night near you soon.
Next time Pual reviews Star Wars The Phantom Menace 3D.
